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Holy shit I'm 40!

I turned 40 on July 25 and wanted to write a captivating blog discussing my transition to the next decade. I was going to reflect on all that I've learned and all that I still wanted to become.  It was going to be epic. When I started chronologically looking at my life, dividing it up by decades, I realized.....so what? I still don't know shit, and I scrapped the entire idea. But, the truth is, I do have a ton of thoughts that I want to discuss with people. I'm hungry to share and take in and learn. Hence, my new endeavor into blogging. So being a few weeks into my 40s, what have I learned? One thing has been sticking with me and seems to come up over and over. "I don't care what you think." This is not meant to be some sociopath's stance I'm taking. The truth is, I've cared way too much and way too long about what other people think. I inconvenience myself on the littlest of things in order to make sure others are happy, appeased, or comfor